Wednesday, the National Transportation Safety Board will begin a three-day investigative hearing on the Jan. 29 mid-air ...

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Tuesday said the Army Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into a PSA Airlines CRJ700 airliner on Jan. 29, killing 67, was flying too high.

US News Black Hawk helicopter was flying too high before DC midair crash with American Airlines flight, NTSB confirms By Anna Young Published Feb. 4, 2025, 5:29 p.m. ET ...

The helicopter would have had a ceiling, what Duckworth referred to as a "hard deck" in the restricted area where the Black Hawk was flying. "They're not allowed to go above 200 feet mean sea ...

A U.S. Army Black Hawk crew may not have heard critical air traffic control messages instructing it to fly behind the commercial regional jet it ultimately collided with midair at Reagan National ...

The Black Hawk chopper was flying more than 300 feet above the Potomac River Wednesday night when it smashed into Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport-bound Flight 5342 from Wichita, Kan., as ...

The maximum altitude for a helicopter to fly in the area is 200 feet. Since radar data is rounded to the nearest 100 feet, NTSB knew the helicopter was flying anywhere between 251 feet and 349 feet.